Always good to hear stories about Bill Veeck. Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has partnered with Roger Ross Williams and “The Inspection” director Elegance Bratton on a feature documentary about 1979’s Disco Demolition Night. Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball promotion that occurred on July 12, 1979 in a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers!!!! At the end of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. I guess you expect people into heavier music to like it. Disco Demolition Night. It looks at the rock versus disco battles of the late 70s that culminated in Disco Demolition Night with an even hand, giving voice to both sides. Maurice, from left, Robin and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, performing in 1979. 217. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Almost 37 years ago to the day, Chicago radio icon Steve Dahl blew up disco records at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. After Game 1, those records were blown up. Disco Demolition Night: Born Out of Destruction. The ubiquity of the Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever, and all the related dance music had become too much. m. It was viewed as hyper mainstream candy sweet music. One of the things the documentary has going for it is a wide range of interviewees discussing the topic. En 1979 y con la música disco sonando en todas partes los que detestaban este genero se unieron en el estadio de los White Sox para quemar vinilos. For many, the birth of house music goes back to the city’s rejection of another genre, disco, and an infamous event that became known as “The Night Disco Died. Pioneering house DJ Frankie Knuckles famously claimed that “house is disco’s revenge”—words that have proven. 2. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Chicago DJ Steve Dahl joins photographer Paul Natkin tell the story in their new book “Disco Demolition: The. The event was, in fact, billed as Disco Demolition Night. It was July 12, 1979 when radio legend Steve Dahl teamed up with the Chicago White Sox to host Disco Demolition Night at. Disco Demolition Night became a national news story, and by 1980, disco was passe. m. m. Disco sucks!’. . Time Obscures Meaning of Disco Demolition Saturday is the 35th anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night. The episode "10 cent beer night" is incredible. At 2:46:37, you can see WLS-TV’s coverage that night, including Rosmarie Gulley’s live broadcast from Comiskey Park. Radio DJ Steve Dahl at Comiskey Park in 1979 for the disco demolition promotional event where a huge box of disco records was blown up. . A local DJ hosted what was supposed to be a promotion, where fans got together and. Für…Disco Demolition Night was a transparently racist and homophobic event, and Spiegelworld announced its intent to refute it in the best way—with even more disco music, dance and glitz. “And then the ‘disco sucks’ thing became very real. The disco radio station in Chicago, the day after Disco Demolition Night, they play Donna Summer's Last Dance for 24 hours straight and then they turn off and turn on again as a top 40 rock station and this begins a wave of disco stations across the country switching back to rock or switching to other formats. In between games of a Major League Baseball doubleheader, a box of disco records was exploded in centerfield. The promotion was held by the. 2017 · 11:48 UTC. Disco Demolition Night Steve Dahl by Paul Natkin GROOVE. In a notorious promotional stunt, a Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl detonated a. 1976 R&B singer-songwriter Tracie Spencer is born in Waterloo, Iowa. In Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg’s new documentary The Saints of Second Chances, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Disco Demolition Night is reduced to an origin story. The Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago in the summer of 1979 clearly had more to it than a gnawing distaste for KC & The Sunshine Band. 22. By 1980, disco, just a few years removed from total pop music dominance, was sidelined. On July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night would go down as one of the most infamous evenings in the history of Major League Baseball. For fans of disco and baseball alike, the night of 12 July 1979 is one to remember for all the wrong reasons. To this day Disco Demolition Night stands in infamy as one of the most ill-advised promotions of all-time, but arguably one of most successful as 30 years later we’re all still talking about it. 402. Imagine witnessing the music that speaks to you go up like that in smoke. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCHDisco Demolition Night demonstrated the limits of promotions for sporting events. Photo: Chicago Tribune. Ever since the 1979 Disco Demolition Night in Chicago’s Comiskey Park — a stunt in which an angry mob led by a disgruntled radio shock jock rushed the baseball field to destroy disco albums. Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has partnered with Roger Ross Williams and “The Inspection” director Elegance Bratton on a feature documentary about 1979’s Disco Demolition Night. Share. His final endeavor with the Pale Hose literally went up in smoke as young Veeck reminisces about Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979 (aka Disco Sucks) and how the insanity at old Comiskey Park. 5 min read Published on 19. To this day Disco Demolition Night stands in infamy as one of the most ill-advised promotions of all-time, but arguably one of most successful as 30 years later we’re all still talking about it. The Dollop Podcasts and Streamers . The so-called Disco Demolition Night figures in every history of disco but The Saint of Second Chances, a new Netflix documentary about flamboyant White Sox. Disco Demolition Night - Live in Chicago 2016 1:26:05 170 The Bowery Boys and Boxing 2016 42:23 171 The Jones County Deserters 2016 59:34 172 America's Worst Lottery Winner. Related Topics . And a handful of people were being treated for minor wounds. Videos Podcasts Comedians. The Disco Demolition at Comiskey park on July 12, 1979, will always have a strange personal significance to me. After the Disco Night game, Veeck ushered a group of White Sox front office staff to Miller’s Pub, a favorite Loop watering hole of Bill Veeck. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Fans storm the field at Chicago's White Sox Park on Disco Demolition night Thursday, July 12, 1979 after the first game of a double header between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers. One summer night in 1979, 50,000 people got together at a baseball stadium to kill disco. 01. Thousands rushed the field in a frenzy. ago. Rock fans wanted disco to just go away. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition. After 37 years, a new book, 'Disco Demolition' is out and recounting one of. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds 02-05-2016 • 1 hr 25 mins Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss. C. The stunt ended in a violent riot, and became one of the most disastrous promotions in MLB history. TIL of Disco Demolition Night in 1979 at Comiskey Park which is considered by many to be the death date of Disco genre. Schemes and dreams aboutDisco Demolition Night was a transparently racist and homophobic event, and Spiegelworld announced its intent to refute it in the best way—with even more disco music, dance and glitz. In 1979, up to 60,000 rock fans gathered in Comiskey Park in Chicago to express their hate for the disco genre implied to be African American. In 2001, the Florida Marlins, promoted a “Salute to Disco” night. Disco Demolition Night - Live in Chicago 2016 1:26:05 170 The Bowery Boys and Boxing 2016 42:23 171 The Jones County Deserters 2016 59:34 172 America's Worst Lottery Winner 2016 35:40 173 The Know Nothing Party 2016 1:19:12 174 The Hard Hat Riot 2016 39:04 175 The Torture Psychologists 2016 1:12:36 176 Bass Reeves 2016 37:39 177 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago 1979Not the greatest idea. Just like he did just a little over 40 years earlier, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl. Brad Palmer's radio broadcast is covered with video. Many believe that July 12th, 1979 is the day disco officially died, and if you hate it as much as Dahl, then it is a day worth celebrating. Disco Demolition Night went down as an. David Schuster is a reporter, update anchor and host for 670 The Score. Disco Demolition Night was an illfated baseball promotion that took place on July12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. “The War on Disco” also features a 2016 interview with Dahl, who insists racism and homophobia had nothing to do with that particular display of anti-disco fervor. This was the home of the. Forty years ago this evening, a doubleheader at Chicago ‘s Comiskey Park devolved into a fiery riot when crazed fans stormed the field as. ” The event also triggered a nationwide sentiment against disco. (You may be wondering why the White Sox’s Disco Demolition T-shirt giveaway was not closer to the actual July 12 anniversary. After the Disco Night game, Veeck ushered a group of White Sox front office staff to Miller’s Pub, a favorite Loop watering hole of Bill Veeck. You're Wrong About. m. WLUP is the broadcast sponsor of. “The message was, If you’re black or you’re gay. They were the Insane Coho Lips, and they were headed to Disco Demolition Night. Yeah, it was WWWW that Carmen Harlan spun rock records on around 1980. As his popularity soared, Dahl partnered with White Sox owner and promotional maverick Bill Veeck to create Disco Demolition Night, an evening where any fan who turned in a disco record would be. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE. “It would have happened any place 50,000 teenagers got together on a sultry summer night with beer and reefer. Otros expertos sostienen que la música disco en realidad ya estaba bailando las calmadas, y el hecho sólo lo aceleró. —shows, not everyone caught the fever. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Top Victoria Dance Clubs & Discos: See reviews and photos of Dance Clubs & Discos in Victoria, British Columbia on Tripadvisor. During the climax. . Videos Podcasts Comedians. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Up to 70,000 fans crammed into old Comiskey Park, lured by up-and-coming deejay Dahl’s pro-motion to blow up disco records in between games of a White Sox-Detroit Tigers Thurs-Welcome to DISCO DEMOLITION!This was a huge departure from our regular Qabaret format. On a hazy July evening in 1979, an overwhelmingly white crowd packed out the Chicago White Sox’s Comiskey Park to attend Disco Demolition Night. . WLUP disc jockey Steve Dahl at Comiskey Park during the 1979 Disco Demolition event, which got out of hand and resulted in the Sox forfeiting a game. Share. Disco Demolition Night. To boost attendance at Comiskey Park, the White Sox and Chicago DJ legend Steve Dahl collaborated to host Disco Demolition on July 12, 1979. Episodes How to Listen. F. Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg's Tribeca-premiering Netflix documentary takes a playful approach — including re-enactments with Charlie Day — to the life of Mike Veeck. aquella noche sería conocida como Disco Demolition Night. As Arthur Chu points out in a brilliant essay connecting #GamerGate to the disco demolition night of the ‘70s, the forces of change always win in pop culture, because pop culture dies when it. WLUP disc jockey Steve Dahl at Comiskey Park during the 1979 Disco Demolition event, which got out of hand and resulted in the Sox forfeiting a game. Disco Demolition Night was held during a double-header against the Tigers with the White Sox trying to build momentum in what had been a disappointing 1979 up to that point. Business, Economics, and Finance. WABX, Dave Dixon's old station, may have evolved into WWWW. The anti-disco militia had accomplished their goal; the genre practically disappeared from the airwaves, and punk. If you haven't listened to this podcast, it's pretty funny. 10 Cent Beer Night was also my first episode and the one I send people to first. Each week (biweekly. Nile Rodgers, the guitarist for the hit disco band Chic, found himself blacklisted. « The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) 2016-05-02 | Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. And so was planned at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979, on what they called Disco Demolition Night. Browse 65 disco demolition night photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Kind of. As fun as it is to build such narratives, it never works out that way. Disco Demolition Night Paul Natkin/Getty. This is referred to as “The Night Disco Died” and is linked to the decline of the genreCulturally, Disco Demolition Night supports the evidence that the 1970s represented a time when Americans gravitated to radical grassroot alternatives on both the right and left out of frustration. On July 12, 1979, in between a planned double-header between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, the radio DJ Steve Dahl blew up a pile of disco records on the field as. Disco Demolition Night became a national news story, and by 1980, disco was passe. Chicago White Sox. once a week) comedian Dave Anthony tells a story to his. When he was 21, Duncan was a participant in "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on July 21, 1979. It was held during a scheduled twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES. Both teams playing were besieged by the audience and were fighting them off together with bats. It was the summer of 1979, and disco. Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot. CHICAGO — July 12, 1979 will go down in history as the night disco music died. The Bee Gees had their last number one hit, "Love You Inside Out," on July 9th, just three days before the event. On Disco Demolition Night anyone bringing a disco album would be admitted into Comiskey Park for 98 cents. Shortly after Disco Demolition Night, there. Known as Disco Demolition Night, the event saw thousands of the genre’s detractors ascend on the White Sox stadium where a crate filled with disco records was detonated, leading to a riot on the. Tonight (July 12th) marks the 43rd anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Nearly 50,000 showed up. Made with Podpage Listen to 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live In Chicago) and 603 more episodes by The Dollop With Dave Anthony And Gareth Reynolds, free! No signup or install needed. Almost 60,000 fans turned up with records, ready. He would eventually resign from the White Sox in 1980, and his father, Bill, would sell the team later. The Dollop with guest host Karen Killgary. (for the record, you don't see fans of dance music do this when Rock stays around for more than a few years. In 1979, rock DJ Steve Dahl donned a combat helmet to blow up a crate of disco records, a stunt now known as Disco Demolition. Ocurrió el 12 de julio de 1979, entre dos partidos de béisbol, en el estadio Comiskey Park de Chicago: 50. Steve Dahl blew up a box of disco records center field, which resulted in riots and the second game being ultimately cancelled. In 1979, a local Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl, who had just been fired and had to get a new job after his radio station switched to a disco format, came up with a promotion idea. That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience documentary on PBS, seeks to answer regarding the "Disco Demolition" at Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 12, 1979. July 12, 1979 when radio personality Steve Dahl staged a Disco Demolition Night at the Old Comiskey Park in Chicago. To celebrate RBMA's Disco Demolition Night doco, we look back at some of the genre's best cuts. White Sox. Worth a listen. Young. On July 12. Mix the two, and you get explosions, arrests, players locking themselves. Things got a little wacky between a scheduled double header at Comiskey Park. 15. Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl. Published May 2, 2016, 5:30 AM. The Chicago White Sox were mired in yet another long losing season. For one thing, the Sox will be visiting the A’s that night. ディスコ・デモリッション・ナイト（英：Disco Demolition Night）は、メジャーリーグベースボール（以下：MLB）において1979年7月12日に予定されていたデトロイト・タイガース対シカゴ・ホワイトソックスのダブルヘッダー第2試合が、放棄試合となった出来事の. Bill Veeck, who owned the White Sox at the time, was known for his wild promotions, and Disco Demolition. The Disco Demolition Night | Source: Detroit Free Press Back in the summer of 1979 Vince Lawrence just got himself a part time job as an usher at the Comiskey Park stadium. It's known for its interracial music groups, dance numbers, loud and colorful costume-clothing, iconic film Saturday Night Fever, and lots. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) View description Share. Radio personality Steve Dahl protested disco in the late 1970s at Comiskey Park. 01:37:31 - Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. The aggressive, drunk protests forced disco back underground where it evolved into house music. Disco Demolition Night may have won the battle, but disco won the war. The promotion was part of a campaign by. The comedic legend, Brad Creger, and Mike Veeck are revamping an old office space into what will be a monstrous bar with a private room overlooking a large outdoor seating space with palm trees and live music, The Post. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Fans subsequently rushed the field, and, as a result of the ensuing mayhem, the second game was forfeited to the Tigers. Gareth, not Gary. The promotion was meant to improve attendance at the game by offering cups of low-alcohol beer for just 10 cents each (equivalent to $0. Her daughter, Maya Rudolph, is 6 years old. Disco Demolition Night was an infamous promotion at Chicago's Comiskey Park in July of 1979. Yes, Mike. (Elmhurst History Museum) Once the first. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Then, on July 12, 1979, a DJ in Chicago decided to burn records in a stunt, "Disco Demolition Night," at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it. The White Sox on Thursday are commemorating Disco Demolition Night, a fateful promotion that went awry on July 12, 1979. Thirty-nine rock fans sobered up to realize they now faced the legal consequences of arrest. In Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg’s new documentary The Saints of Second Chances, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Disco Demolition Night is reduced to an origin story. Yeah the independent said it so it has to be true. After the detonation. Una multitud anti-disco invade el campo en el Comiskey Park de Chicago. You Might Like. Business, Economics, and Finance. Then as soon as the 1970s came to a close, the era of satin suits. It was not only the destruction that. He did a Saturday night talk show from around 8pm to midnight that covered music and cultural. Her daughter, Maya Rudolph, is 6 years old. . 9, the promotion for July 12, "Disco Demolition Night" (in addition to the offer for teenagers) was that anyone who brought a disco record to the ballpark would be admitted for 98 cents. While waiting to get in people started throwing their records against the brick wall of Comiskey, I recall dodging the shards of broken vinyl (they had some sharp edges). 8, Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. They set fires and destroyed the field. Each week (biweekly. ----SUBCRIBE -. “The message was, If you’re black or you’re gay. Many people in. CryptoAll hell broke loose: 40 years ago, Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park stirred culture war. ( Elmhurst History Museum ) On July 12, 1979, an explosion. The first game started at 6 p. Today's 40th anniversary elicits not only bemused. Songs are dissected; the honor of David Bowie and late-night salad bars are defended. They never expected 80,000 people to show up. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. After buying his initial interest in the White Sox in 1959, Veeck installed. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds. Dahl decided to push back in a way only he could — via a massive public spectacle. Some of my favs beyond 10 Cent Beer Night. The Dollop podcast has a pretty fun episode about Disco Demolition Night. I was there, attendees were supposed to bring disco records for the "demolition" (and reduced admission price). on KPBS TV / PBS App. In a nod to the station’s call numbers, tickets were priced at 98 cents for anyone who brought disco records to the ballpark, records that would be blown up on the field between games. On July 12, 1979, Dahl would come face-to-face with the community he had created, on a night that became known as “Disco Demolition Night”. Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on June 4, 1974. The event was the brainchild of Chicago deejay Steve Dahl, who had lost his previous job when his station went to an all-disco format. But with admission of 98 cents and a disco record. Al final, culpa de Dahl o no, ese 12 de julio de 1979 fue la. Fans of the. Wed 5 April 2023 20:00, UK. Soon radio programmers were moving their playlists away from disco, which they declared was an oversexed genre. WLUP and the White Sox expected perhaps 5,000 more fans than the average draw of 15,000 or so at Comiskey Park. Disco Demolition Night - YouTube. “People weren’t answering our phone calls,” Rodgers recounts in Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, by Dahl, author Dave Hoekstra, and photographer Paul Natkin. The elder Veeck was no stranger to crowd-pleasing antics. Patrick Redford. Manchester United fans were protesting the Glazers, an American family that owns the Tampa. Disco Demolition -- a radio station stunt to blow up disco records on the field between games of a White Sox double header in 1979 -- is the subject of an interactive summer exhibit opening at the. More posts you may like. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) from The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds on Podchaser, aired Monday, 2nd May 2016. Disco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Great live show with Dave Helem as the guest. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . Disco Demolition Night was held during a double-header against the Tigers with the White Sox trying to build momentum in what had been a disappointing 1979 up to that point. Schemes and dreams about1. Essentially blackballed from the MLB, falling into debt, and desperate to. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. 개요 [편집] Disco Demolition Night. Formerly: Disco Demolition DDH We’ve reimagined Disco Demolition Night – one of baseball’s most dangerous ballpark promotions – as a disco-dance party and brewed it as a celebration of disco music and culture. Recently listened to this episode again. Trying to boost attendance in a season of poor crowds, the Sox invited a local DJ named Steve Dahl to. Admission was 98 cents if you donated a disco record to be. Documentary looks at disco’s rise in the ‘70s, and the role that violent Disco Demolition Night stunt may have played in its demise. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. There is nothing inherently homophobic about disco demolition. Richard Wortham, White Sox pitcher. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" promotion that got "a little out of hand", here is a compilation of footage, some not see. With that in mind, it is time to look back at the five most creative baseball promotions in MLB history. She blames the violence on disco and the radio station, naturally, but also. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. Dahl had doubts the entire time leading up to Disco Demolition Night, when admission to see a Sox double-header against the Detroit Tigers was 98 cents, an attempt by Sox bosses to boost. Disco was canned, formulaic, flashy (in a gaudy, tacky gold flake kind of way) pop fluff for plastic. You'd get backlash, sure, but without such massive overexposure, you likely wouldn't see the whole country suddenly turning against it overnight. The Beatles didn’t kill Bobby Vinton, Nirvana really didn’t kill hair metal (it was a lot of things) and a bunch of dumb-asses with firecrackers didn’t. July’s Disco Demolition Night was the logical end to this madness. . Kind of. Forty years ago on July 12, when Dan Petry was a rookie pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, his second. Address. After Disco Demolition Night, many American radio stations began banning disco music and consequently, disco music didn't climb up the charts becoming mainstream hits the way it was before. . @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCHDahl had been fired by Chicago radio station WDAI-FM on Christmas Eve 19781 when the station transitioned to an all-disco format; popular movies like Saturday Night Fever, released in 1977, vaulted disco music to rule the airwaves. like Disco Demolition was the first besmirching of my dad’s career,” he continued. (Elmhurst History Museum) Once the first. Memorable documentary profiles Bill Veeck’s charismatic son through Disco Demolition, some dark years, a zany comeback in St. “Well, they don’t know much about the Veeck history, going back to Capone days. com) 131 : More: Amusing, Chicago White Sox, Disco Demolition Night, White Sox, Steve Dahl, Disco, Major League Baseball, dance-oriented disco music, American League • •. You just listed my top 3. On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox promotion department cooked up plans for an unusual sales promotion during a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers: Disco Demolition Night. Digressions include “Charlotte’s Web,” Jane Fonda and German-language musicals. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. He invited fans to bring their unwanted. Disco demolition night May-June 2004. When a DJ called on listeners to destroy disco records in a Chicago stadium, things turned nasty –. The aggressive, drunk protests forced disco back underground where it evolved into house music. Many still believe the anti-disco movement expressed racism and homophobia. But the public backlash to the genre reached its peak on July 12, 1979 with the infamous “Disco Demolition” night at. With 18,000 attendees turning up on average for any Chicago White Sox game, 70,000 arrived on Disco Demolition night. A moronic ploy for publicity gone wrong, the Night was organized in part to up the ticket sales for a slow White Sox season. Amid objections to Thursday’s T-shirt giveaway commemorating the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night, a radio stunt going awry, the White Sox issued a statement saying the promotion is. American Experience: The War on Disco airs Monday, October 30 at 8:00 pm and is available to stream via the PBS app and at wttw. Bill Veeck was responsible for creating some of the craziest yet creative baseball promotions in history. 83096796193569, -87. Disco has gone through one of the strangest trajectories regarding public opinion. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition" promotion that got "a little out of hand", here is a compilation of footage, some not see. Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black music. Yes, Mike. The evening was billed as Disco Demolition Night and was organized by a Chicago radio disc jockey named Steve Dahl in collaboration with Mike Veeck, the promotions manager for the White Sox. 02-05-2016 • 1 hr 25 mins. Perhaps the most bizarre reason a baseball game has ever been forfeited, the event is among the most memorable athletic promotions in history. Disco Demolition Night took place on July 12th 1979 at the Sox’s old stadium, Comiskey Park. Probably closer to reality is that the only time the former Chicago-based shock jock Dahl’s name is. Talk about racial tensions. GPS: 41. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) 2 May 2016 · The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by. Paul and a family heartbreak. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. The Dollop podcast has a pretty fun episode about Disco Demolition Night. A baseball stadium promotion gone horribly wrong, but for Daniel Samuel Rasovitz, it was a coming of age moment, an alt-Bar Mitzvah of sorts — and perhaps the best 98. Many still believe the anti-disco movement expressed racism and homophobia. Just like he did just a little over 40 years earlier, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl. Dahl would later say that disco "was a fad and was on. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago Aired: 10/30/23 Expires: 11/27/23. One of the most notorious events in sports history went down at Chicago’s Comiskey Park 44 years ago on July 12, 1979. Listen to 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live In Chicago) and 603 more episodes by The Dollop With Dave Anthony And Gareth Reynolds, free! No signup or install needed. In Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg’s new documentary The Saints of Second Chances, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Disco Demolition Night is reduced to an origin story. 3. Kinda shocked they haven’t done an episode on this yet. On July 12 she’ll show her photos of Disco Demolition Night from 5 to 8 PM at the Music Garage, a band rehearsal space in West Town. The Disco Demolition Night in 1979 upset me a great deal, I thought it was stupid, homophobic and racist to say that disco "wasn't cool any more" — they wanted to target music created primarily by Black and gay people. However, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ was such a phenomenal success that the perception of Disco was changed forever, culminating in the inevitable backlash, including the racist and homophobic ‘Disco Demolition’ at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in July 1979, where many of those in the 50,000 crowd participated in a ritual record burning, whilst. It was held during the twi-night doubleheader baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The popularity of disco declined substantially after “Disco Demolition Night. The anti-disco militia had accomplished their goal; the genre practically disappeared from the airwaves, and punk. As the "disco '70s" drew to a close, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl decided to speed up. Follow him on Twitter @Schumouse. CryptoDisco Demolition Photo Exhibit by Diane Alexander White Opening July 12, 2009. No one who was there will remember the ballgame, because this was the night they blew up disco. Alexis Petridis. jamiecoy • 5 yr. A year after the arrival of MTV. 1. Disco Demolition Night — perhaps the most infamous promotion in sports history — occurred on Thursday, July 12, 1979. The Chicago White Sox were looking for a way to put fans in the seats, so admission to a twi-night double header against the Detroit Tigers was $0. Encore Wednesday, Nov. The mass detonation of piles of vinyl on a. As this exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of CNN’s The Seventies —which airs Thursday night at 9:00 p. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twinight doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and thEveryone mentioning the racist and homophobic aspects of Disco Demolition acknowledge that the vast majority of attendees at that event were there simply to denounce Disco music. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH Show The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds, Ep 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) - May 1, 2016with lyrics that send up the disco scene's. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Two comedians talking about crazy stories from American history. Things did perk up in the unmistakably odd 1970s, which featured the two most infamous forfeits of all: Ten-Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in ’74, and Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in ’79. 98 . Sep 23, 2016. Shortly after signing to Capitol Records in 1988, at age 12, she releases the hit singles "Hide and Seek" and "Symptoms of True. The Disco Demolition Night fracas was a jolt to the music industry. Disco Still Sucks!!!Disco Demolition Night was a anti-disco event that took place on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago White Sox, another MLB franchise that never really lit a fire under anyone's ass, needed some kind of hook to put butts in the seats at Comiskey Park. On July 12, 1979, the anti-disco sentiment reached a fever pitch when the Chicago White Sox held a "Disco Demolition Night" during a double-header at Comiskey Park. He invited fans to bring their unwanted. As disco continued to steamroll the airwaves, forcing funk and rock off pop radio, a backlash was inevitable and culminated in the infamous Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago on. But that sure wasn't the case 40 years ago. Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. Business, Economics, and Finance. 44 years later, the promotion is remembered in several different ways. Source:a Creep“Disco Demolition Night: July 12, 1979”Season 20, Episode 1Margo and Soni.